NeoGAF is down after the site owner was accused of sexual harassment/assault.

[CyberCubed]

There were also some really strange users on neogaf with bizarre life stories.

One of the weirdest was one guy said his father locked him in a basement shed for 9 months when he was 11-12 years old. He said his father brought him food and all he had to play was a Gameboy with Pokemon Red. And he said for 9 months he was kept locked down there because of something he did. People asked him how that can happen, why a school or something wouldn't ask why he was absent for nearly a year, and he said nothing like that happened.

The guy is 25 now, so he said he's fine and lives a regular life...but that was the most bizarre thing I ever heard. What the hell kind of parent can lock a 11 year old boy in a shed for 9 months and get away with it?

[DestronMirage22]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

There were also some really strange users on neogaf with bizarre life stories.

One of the weirdest was one guy said his father locked him in a basement shed for 9 months when he was 11-12 years old. He said his father brought him food and all he had to play was a Gameboy with Pokemon Red. And he said for 9 months he was kept locked down there because of something he did. People asked him how that can happen, why a school or something wouldn't ask why he was absent for nearly a year, and he said nothing like that happened.

The guy is 25 now, so he said he's fine and lives a regular life...but that was the most bizarre thing I ever heard. What the hell kind of parent can lock a 11 year old boy in a shed for 9 months and get away with it?

Sounds like the story was made up. The guy could be trolling or just crazy enough to come up with something like that.
I'm sure some effort would've been made to find a kid who disappeared for that long.
Also, how was he gonna keep play Pokemon Red that entire time? Pretty sure most Gameboy's batteries don't last that long.

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And what does this have to do with anything???